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KENNETH LEE BOYKIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 24, 1947 – March 11, 1971
Service recordKenneth Lee Boykin, of Andrews, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 37
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Andrews, Texas (Andrews County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 37
- DENNIS ARNOLD CALTONFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1971
- FRANK LEE CASSCorporal · March 11, 1971
- GARY MARTIN COHENPrivate · March 11, 1971
- JAMES DALA DEACONCorporal · March 11, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.